Liming Winter the Best for Douglas County Farms
The Rural Environmental Assistance Program ends cost sharing but conservation should continue. Agricultural limestone can be applied year round except when soil is too moist or ground frozen. Winter application aids soil mixing, reduces compaction, and benefits hay pastures lawns and spring crops.
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Douglas County
Crownvetch as soil cover and forage concluded
Crownvetch stands out for erosion control and forage value with disease resistance and deep rooting. It grows best on well drained soils with pH 6.0 or higher and is slower to establish than alfalfa. In Kansas it chiefly supports highway feeding and watershed projects, with Emerald as a common Iowa-developed variety.
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Iowa
Kansas
Water Pollution Warning From Baldwin Grade 6 Student
A Baldwin sixth grader urges action to curb water pollution stressing that factories and careless individuals dump sewage into lakes rivers and streams. The piece notes oil refining water usage in industry and calls for cleaning up sewage to protect wildlife trees and human health.
Ecology Publication Sets New 4 H Project Theme
A new Sunflower State 4 H booklet titled Understanding The World Around Us Through Ecology outlines eight chapters on ecology and environment. It explains the home of living things and the interconnection of natural parts with career opportunities in ecology.
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Ecology
Earth
F. Robert Henderson
Charles Bates
Kansas State University
National Audubon Society
Early Settlers and the Debate Over Soil Preservation
In early America settlers chopped trees and cleared land, depleting topsoil and wearing out subsoil. Some warned that good land would vanish if farming continued, while others pressed for soil conservation and proved it could work on their own farms.
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America
Massachusetts
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